Ottoman Empire

Question 1

The Ottomans established a ________ empire that lasted for nearly _______ years.

Answer 1

Muslim; 600

Question 2

Who destroyed the Seljuk Turk state?

Answer 2

Mongols

Question 3

Groups of nomadic Turks lived in ________, now modern Turkey

Answer 3

Anatolia

Question 4

Who was the most successful ghazi?

Answer 4

Osman, aka Ottman

Question 5

During _____ - ______, Osman built a strong but small kingdom in Anatolia

Answer 5

1300 - 1326

Question 6

Word for people that means “Ones with Power”

Answer 6

Sultans

Question 7

Who were the Sultans?

Answer 7

Proceeding leaders after Osman

Question 8

The military success of the Ottomans was aided by what?

Answer 8

Gunpowder

Question 9

_______ had to serve in the army but pay no taxes

Answer 9

Muslims

Question 10

__________ paid taxes, but didn’t have to serve in the Army

Answer 10

Non - Muslims

Question 11

Why did many non-muslims become muslims?

Answer 11

To not pay the tax

Question 12

Turco-Mongol conqueror and founder of Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia

Answer 12

Timerlane

Question 13

What did Timerlane do to Dehli?

Answer 13

Destroyed the city and made a pyramid with the skulls of the victims in his path

Question 14

Who burned the city of Baghdad down?

Answer 14

Timerlane

Question 15

In 1402, Timerlane defeated the _________ in battle.

Answer 15

Ottomans

Question 16

One of the new kings in Anatolia was _________, and he captured Constantinople.

Answer 16

Mehmet II

Question 17

How did Mehmet II have his soldiers get their ships to the other side of Constantinople?

Answer 17

Drag them across the hills 😱

Question 18

What was Constantinople renamed to after the Ottomans captured it?

Answer 18

Istanbul (Also the new capital)

Question 19

What was the name of the beautiful church in Constantinople?

Answer 19

Hagia Sophia

Question 20

What did the Hagia Sophia get turned into when the Ottomans took control?

Answer 20

A Mosque

Question 21

Who took over Persia, Palestine, Arabia, Medina, Mecca, Egypt, and Syria?

Answer 21

Selim the Grim

Question 22

Under ________, the Ottoman Empire reached its greatest height.

Answer 22

Suleiman

Question 23

The Ottomans were defeated in the city of ________, but they still remained huge

Answer 23

Vienna

Question 24

Who were slaves for the government, that later became elite soldiers?

Answer 24

Janissaries

Question 25

After Suleimans death, the Ottoman empire _______.

Answer 25

Declined

Question 26

What has been the trend with Empires after reaching their height?

Answer 26

They rise and become large under one ruler, but after that ruler dies, the empire usually declines (Ex - Ottomans, Byzantines, Rome, Greece)